Yuan
Yuan is a name with a single cultural origin: Chinese.
- Chinese
Meaning & Origin of Yuan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yuan is a name with a single cultural origin: Chinese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Chinese
The Story of Yuan
As a girl name
American parents first put Yuan on the record books as a girl name in 2012, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 8 Yuans were born — ranking #12,198 that year. About 70% of every Yuan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Yuan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 37 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Yuan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1984, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 14 births, good for #6,171 nationwide. About 41% of every Yuan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Yuan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 14 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 160 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Yuan
Yuan is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1984 and has accumulated 160 births in the dataset. Yuan's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #6,171. Use the chart and map above to compare Yuan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.